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** [[spoiler:The House of Nohamapetan as a whole could be considered the BigBad of the series so far, as various members are responsible for the assassination of the previous heir to the throne, engineering the rebellion on End, multiple assassination attempts against Emperox Grayland II, kidnapping Marce, and (much later) sending a ship to Dalasysla to kill Marce.
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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: There is no space/time inside the Flow. This is why all ships must generate their own bubble of space/time before entering a Flow Shoal lest they cease to exist. Anything that leaves the bubble in the Flow ceases to exist instantly. In addition, ships are designed exclusively for in-system travel, so any ship that ends up somehow leaving the Flow in interstellar space is doomed. The fate of one such ship is described in gruesome detail in the second book, and even the recordings of the final surviving crewmember are stated to be lost forever, since no living being would ever lay eyes on the ship again.
* HyperspaceLanes: The Flow connects only some of the known stars, making it impossible for humans to go anywhere else within a reasonable time frame. As a rule, each Flow connection is a bidirectional, although that's only the public's perception, as, technically, they are completely separate streams that aren't connected to one another (e.g. the Hub->End stream is not the same as the End->Hub stream). Hub is uniquely situated on a focal point of dozens of Flow links, making it the most important system in the Interdependency.
* HyperspaceLanes: The Flow connects only some of the known stars, making it impossible for humans to go anywhere else within a reasonable time frame. As a rule, each Flow connection is a bidirectional, although that's only the public's perception, as, technically, they are completely separate streams that aren't connected to one another (e.g. the Hub->End stream is not the same as the End->Hub stream). Hub is uniquely situated on a focal point of dozens of Flow links, making it the most important system in the Interdependency.
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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: There is no space/time inside the Flow. This is why all ships must generate their own bubble of space/time before entering a Flow Shoal lest they cease to exist. Anything that leaves the bubble in the Flow ceases to exist instantly. This very thing happened when a saboteur destroyed the bubble generator of Emperox Grayland I's ship while already in the Flow with predictable results. In addition, ships are designed exclusively for in-system travel, so any ship that ends up somehow leaving the Flow in interstellar space is doomed. The fate of one such ship is described in gruesome detail in the second book, and even the recordings of the final surviving crewmember are stated to be lost forever, since no living being would ever lay eyes on the ship again.
* HyperspaceLanes: The Flow connects only some of the known stars, making it impossible for humans to go anywhere else within a reasonable time frame. As a rule, each Flow connection is a bidirectional, although that's only the public's perception, as, technically, they are completely separate streams that aren't connected to one another (e.g. the Hub->End stream is not the same as the End->Hub stream). Hub is uniquely situated on a focal point of dozens of Flow links, making it the most important system in the Interdependency. End is unique in that several Flow streams lead to it, but only one leads out of it (to Hub, of course).
* HyperspaceLanes: The Flow connects only some of the known stars, making it impossible for humans to go anywhere else within a reasonable time frame. As a rule, each Flow connection is a bidirectional, although that's only the public's perception, as, technically, they are completely separate streams that aren't connected to one another (e.g. the Hub->End stream is not the same as the End->Hub stream). Hub is uniquely situated on a focal point of dozens of Flow links, making it the most important system in the Interdependency. End is unique in that several Flow streams lead to it, but only one leads out of it (to Hub, of course).
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Duke of End is never given a name, and always referred to by his title.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Despite the early reveal that the Duke of End End's name is never given a name, Ferd, this is the only mentions of it and he is always referred to by his title.title. This may be intentional, since the Duke is fairly frequently overthrown (maybe once or twice a decade) and a new one is installed in his place.
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** Just because a civilization has faster-than-light travel doesn't mean they'll find a lot of habitable planets. In the Interdependancy, only one out of 47 can support human life.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Cardenia's paternal grandmother was Emperox Zetian II of House Wu, clearly named after UsefulNotes/WuZetian, the only female emperor in the history of China.
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''The Interdependency'' is a sci-fi series of novels by Creator/JohnScalzi. The series currently consists of ''The Collapsing Empire'' (2017) and ''The Consuming Fire'' (2018). The third book, set for April 2020, will be ''The Last Emperox'' (which was the working title of the second book.) The audiobook version has versions have been narrated by Creator/WilWheaton.
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* MoralityKitchenSink: Some characters, such as Cardenia Wu-Patrick and Marce Claremont, are good. Some, like Lady Kiva Lagos, are amoral but not evil, and sometimes on the side of good. And some, like [[spoiler:Nadashe Nohamapetan--who kills her own brother, among others--and like her mother]] are evil, ruthless, power-hungry sociopaths.
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* ShoutOut: The mercenary ship in the second book is named ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 The Princess Is in Another Castle]]''.
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* CutHimselfShaving: [[spoiler:After Kiva pays Louentintu a visit and breaks her nose, the former claims that she broke her hand "against something stupid", while the latter claims her broken nose was the result of a fall.]]
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Kiva's efforts to bring down House Nohamapetan become this after Senia, now Kiva's lover, gets hurt in an attempt on her life by the Countess.]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: Lady Kiva. Not only was she introduced mid-coitus, but all of her appearances in the series involve her thinking about, mentioning, or having sex with someone.
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* TitleDrop: Done twice so far:
** In the first book, Count Clairemont refers to 'The collapsing empire' at the end of chapter four.
** In the second book, Cardenia refers to herself as 'the consuming fire' in her BadassBoast to Countess Nohamapetan and her co-conspirators.
** In the first book, Count Clairemont refers to 'The collapsing empire' at the end of chapter four.
** In the second book, Cardenia refers to herself as 'the consuming fire' in her BadassBoast to Countess Nohamapetan and her co-conspirators.
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* ClusterFBomb:
** Kiva has a hard time saying a sentence without at least one swear word in there. She appears to have picked that up from her mother, Countess Huma Lagos. According to the family legend, Kiva's first word was "fuck", something she believes to be true.
** [[spoiler:Then there's the message Ghreni gets from the ''Red Rose'', after the bomb that Chet supposed to plant on the ''Yes, Sir'' goes off: "fucking hell those assholes took your fucking bomb and got it on our fucking ship what the actual fuck"]]
** Kiva has a hard time saying a sentence without at least one swear word in there. She appears to have picked that up from her mother, Countess Huma Lagos. According to the family legend, Kiva's first word was "fuck", something she believes to be true.
** [[spoiler:Then there's the message Ghreni gets from the ''Red Rose'', after the bomb that Chet supposed to plant on the ''Yes, Sir'' goes off: "fucking hell those assholes took your fucking bomb and got it on our fucking ship what the actual fuck"]]
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** Kiva has a hard time saying a sentence without at least one swear word in there. She appears to have picked that up from her mother, Countess Huma Lagos. According to the family legend, Kiva's first word was "fuck", something she believes to be true.
** [[spoiler:Then there's theClusterFBomb: [[spoiler:The message Ghreni gets from the ''Red Rose'', after the bomb that Chet supposed to plant on the ''Yes, Sir'' goes off: "fucking hell those assholes took your fucking bomb and got it on our fucking ship what the actual fuck"]]
** Kiva has a hard time saying a sentence without at least one swear word in there. She appears to have picked that up from her mother, Countess Huma Lagos. According to the family legend, Kiva's first word was "fuck", something she believes to be true.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood[=/=]GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Pops up in ''The Consuming Fire'', damaging relations between the throne and the Countess Nohamapetan - Cardenia offers to commute Nadashe's sentence to a LuxuryPrisonSuite, intending this as an olive branch (and this is how Kiva sees it), but the Countess can only parse this as an attempt to keep Nadashe hostage; Cardenia knows she messed up ''somewhere'' in the interaction, but has no idea where. [[spoiler:Also, the Countess's hunger for power means that in the middle of a VillainousBreakdown, she blurts out her assassination of Rennered Wu as though Cardenia should view this as a favour, unable to comprehend that Cardenia didn't want the throne in the first place and views it as an inconvenient responsibility that nevertheless she has to execute as best she can.]]
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* BadassBoast: Empress Grayland II, at the climax of ''The Consuming Fire'':
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* BadassBoast: Empress Grayland II, at the climax of ''The Consuming Fire'':
-->''You have doubted me. Doubt me no longer. You have come to destroy me. I am not destroyed. You have come to burn me.'' I ''am [[TitleDrop the consuming fire]]. You will feel what it is to burn.''
-->''You have doubted me. Doubt me no longer. You have come to destroy me. I am not destroyed. You have come to burn me.'' I ''am [[TitleDrop the consuming fire]]. You will feel what it is to burn.''
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* DeadpanSnarker: All over the place.
-->'''Grayland:''' I have some people here who would very much like to do that to me. Overthrow me, I mean.\\
'''[[spoiler:Chenevert]]:''' I would recommend against it.\\
'''Grayland:''' Not a great career move?\\
'''[[spoiler:Chenevert]]:''' It frees up your schedule, which is honestly fantastic. But the people who removed you then usually want to kill you too. And that's ''inconvenient''.
-->'''Grayland:''' I have some people here who would very much like to do that to me. Overthrow me, I mean.\\
'''[[spoiler:Chenevert]]:''' I would recommend against it.\\
'''Grayland:''' Not a great career move?\\
'''[[spoiler:Chenevert]]:''' It frees up your schedule, which is honestly fantastic. But the people who removed you then usually want to kill you too. And that's ''inconvenient''.
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* BrainUploading: A minor example, while the memories and emotions of every emperox are stored in the Memory Room, and the reigning emperox can converse with the holographic likeness of his/her ancestors, they're not the same person, nor do they claim to be. Since they no longer have emotions, they also don't have things like egos.
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* BrainUploading: BrainUploading:
** A minor example, while the memories and emotions of every emperox are stored in the Memory Room, and the reigning emperox can converse with the holographic likeness of his/her ancestors, they're not the same person, nor do they claim to be. Since they no longer have emotions, they also don't have things likeegos.egos.
** Also, [[spoiler:Tomas Reynauld Chenevert, formerly King Tomas XII of Ponthieu, who used the same type of tech to create a much more lifelike VirtualGhost than those of the emperoxs. In fact, as soon as Cardenia sees Tomas, she recognizes him as royalty because he could afford to use such tech]].
** A minor example, while the memories and emotions of every emperox are stored in the Memory Room, and the reigning emperox can converse with the holographic likeness of his/her ancestors, they're not the same person, nor do they claim to be. Since they no longer have emotions, they also don't have things like
** Also, [[spoiler:Tomas Reynauld Chenevert, formerly King Tomas XII of Ponthieu, who used the same type of tech to create a much more lifelike VirtualGhost than those of the emperoxs. In fact, as soon as Cardenia sees Tomas, she recognizes him as royalty because he could afford to use such tech]].
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* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:Cardenia about her crush on Marce. She's hesitant to talk to him about it, as she doesn't want him to sleep with her just because she's the Emperox. When she talks to the VirtualGhost of her father about it, he tells her he used to invite women into his bed all the time. That's how she was born, after all. Some did refuse, but most agreed.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:The extremists, who cut the Independent Systems off from the Earth Empire and the Assembly. Within a few short years, the Systems nearly collapsed from a lack of food and other supplies, as they were economically dependent on the other systems.]]
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** The Interdependency is ruled by an emperox and various noble Houses. Each House is also a corporation. WordOfGod is that ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' was a huge inspiration for theauthor.author.
** Also, [[spoiler:at least some Assembly planets are ruled by monarchs, such as Ponthieu]].
** The Interdependency is ruled by an emperox and various noble Houses. Each House is also a corporation. WordOfGod is that ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' was a huge inspiration for the
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoilers:Ghreni maneuvers himself into the position of acting Duke of End, just in time to find out about the Flow collapse.]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:After Countess Nohamapetan blurts out that she had Cardenia's half-brother killed and acts like she owes her everything because of it, Cardenia replies "Lady, I don't owe you shit."]]
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* RealityEnsues: Any scientist, no matter how brilliant, needs peers to check their work. This is why Marce and his father, who could find each others' mistakes, got more accurate results than an equally brilliant scientist in the pay of [[spoiler: the Nohamapetans.]] And why in the sequel [[spoiler: Marce and his father missed the evanescence.]]
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** Any scientist, no matter how brilliant, needs peers to check their work. This is why Marce and his father, who could find each others' mistakes, got more accurate results than an equally brilliant scientist in the pay of [[spoiler: the Nohamapetans.]] And why in the sequel [[spoiler: Marce and his father missed the evanescence.]]
** [[spoiler:Hatide Roynold ends up being blacklisted as a scientist, since her research was what caused the Nohamapetans to start their coup.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: The [[spoiler: Nohamapetans]] are completely correct that End is about to become the most important system in the Interdependency. They just think that [[spoiler: it's because the Flow streams are about to ''shift'', making End the new Hub, rather than collapse completely.]]
** Any scientist, no matter how brilliant, needs peers to check their work. This is why Marce and his father, who could find each others' mistakes, got more accurate results than an equally brilliant scientist in the pay of [[spoiler: the Nohamapetans.]] And why in the sequel [[spoiler: Marce and his father missed the evanescence.]]
** [[spoiler:Hatide Roynold ends up being blacklisted as a scientist, since her research was what caused the Nohamapetans to start their coup.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: The [[spoiler: Nohamapetans]] are completely correct that End is about to become the most important system in the Interdependency. They just think that [[spoiler: it's because the Flow streams are about to ''shift'', making End the new Hub, rather than collapse completely.]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Nadashe, though it only lasts until the end of ''Consuming Fire''.]]
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Senia Fundapellon, who serves as lawyer for the Nohamapetans. [[spoiler:This changes pretty quickly after she gets shot in an attempt on Kiva's life.]]
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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: There is no space/time inside the Flow. This is why all ships must generate their own bubble of space/time before entering a Flow Shoal lest they cease to exist. Anything that leaves the bubble in the Flow ceases to exist instantly.
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* TheCakeIsALie: One of the first things Cardenia learns upon ascending to the throne is that [[spoiler:the Interdependency was built on a lie, manufactured by the Prophet-Emperox Rachela I, founder of the Interdependency and Savior of Humanity. While the official line is that the Interdependency is necessary in order to ensure cooperation and avert war, the truth is that it's there to keep the mercantile Houses in power]].
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* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:Cardenia about her crush on Marce. She's hesitant to talk to him about it, as she doesn't want him to sleep with her just because she's the Emperox. When she talks to the VirtualGhost of her father about it, he tells her he used to invite women into his bed all the time. That's how she was born, after all. Some did refuse, but most agreed.]]
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* CoitusUninterruptus: Kiva is introduced by having a crewmember walk in on her riding a subordinate. She doesn't even pause, having just found her "groove". Only when the unfazed crewmember explains that it concerned House business is she forced to get off the subordinate and get dressed.
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** In the second book, she gets a call from her assistant while receiving a "perfectly serviceable oral". She indicates to her partner she should keep at it, while accepting the call and holding a conversation. It's noted that, had the oral been more than "perfectly serviceable", she wouldn't have even bothered to answer the call.
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** In the second book, she gets a call from her assistant while receiving a "perfectly serviceable oral". She indicates to her partner she should keep at it, while accepting the call and holding a conversation. It's noted that, had the oral been more than "perfectly serviceable", she wouldn't have even bothered to answer the call.
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* InterfaithSmoothie: The Church of the Interdependency is the official religion of all of humanity. It was deliberately designed to focus less on the nature of the supreme force/being/deity and more on how people ought to behave. This appears to result in less faith-based conflict. It's implied that other religions still exist, such as Christianity, but they're marginalized. The Emperox is the official head of the Church.
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* InterfaithSmoothie: The Church of the Interdependency is the official religion of all of humanity. It was deliberately designed to focus less on the nature of the supreme force/being/deity and more on how people ought to behave. This appears to result in less faith-based conflict. It's implied that other religions still exist, such as Christianity, but they're marginalized. The Emperox is the official head of the Church. [[spoiler:In fact, the true purpose of the Church was to sell the idea of an Interdependency to the public, with Rachela Wu claiming to have seen visions to that effect]].
* {{Seers}}: The first emperox claimed to have seen visions of a unified humanity, which is why she is always referred to as Prophet-Emperox Rachela I. The Church tends to downplay the actual visions and focuses on the day-to-day of taking care of the spiritual needs of the public. [[spoiler:In the second book, Emperox Grayland II claims to be seeing visions of the Flow collapsing, bringing an end to the Interdependency. This creates a crisis, since the Church doctrine ''technically'' allows for any of Rachela's descendants to be a prophet too, but no emperox since Rachela has actually claimed to see genuine religious visions (as opposed to hallucinations) in nearly a thousand years.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Teran Assan succesfully breaks Nadashe out of captivity, Countess Nohamapetan calls him up and tells him this in so many words, just before his own mercenaries leave him to die with the fake dead Nadashe.]]
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: The reason the Wu family chose the title "emperox" over "emperor/empress". You can thank their marketing people for that.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Teran Assansuccesfully successfully breaks Nadashe out of captivity, Countess Nohamapetan calls him up and tells him this in so many words, just before his own mercenaries leave him to die with the fake dead Nadashe.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Teran Assan
